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This has the blocks set up in parallel. In order to exit, the water still must get from one row of connectors to the other. Because all the blocks have the same resistance, water ends up going through each block equally. Because resistance is divided among all the blocks, the water flows equally.

On my build a few years ago I had trouble with CPU stability. It turned out to be the VRMs on the motherboard, they weren't getting any airflow because the CPU was watercooled and there was no fan nearby. I bought a waterblock which solved the problem. I never watercooled the RAM though. Yes, I could probably have solved it by aiming a fan at them, but that would be a crude solution when I'd put the effort into presentation.

point was more about: More mod range upgrade > Uber rig In the long run. If I had 2 grand to spend on gpus every year oh hell yeah I would get dem 4 way sli 780ti's and be up to date but for common people it's better to get mid range gpu and upgrade more often then to wait and get a single high end gpu(or many).

Go check those bench, hardly a difference. Some got even negative scaling for 3 vs 4 way sli and frametime is all over the place. 4 way sli is just for benching, gaming is to an extend a worst experience. 10 fps more won't really feel smoother when the frametime is so much bigger 3vs4 way sli.

Yeah, but you just gotta remember that the vast majority of it is complete overkill and only beneficial if you're using a 4K monitor or something. That said, that is one of the sexiest fucking rigs I've ever seen. Very clean.

Comrades, this one is in need of re-education. But be gentle. The specs do indicate that we will have a high probability of success in this case. I will call ahead to the facility to let them know to expect the new arrival shortly.

Tvelander's rig is a lot better, higher clocked RAM, higher clocked CPU, twice as fast SSD in Raid-0 (1TB), and lastly clocked Graphic Cards, which PC Gamer can't even do as they're limited by a 1200W supply, Tvelander has a EVGA NEX1500 which is capable of 1650W in Overclock Mode, he can overclock his Titans to 1300+ each.

Anyone who would pick the Large Pixel Collider over his would be making a huge mistake.

Good place to start It's not difficult at all, unless you have to mod your case to get it to fit. Other than that it's reservoir -> pump -> waterblock -> radiator, with fittings and tubing connecting them all. It's fun, but making sure everything is A-OK, ready-to-go, takes a little while.

The fluid is red because of dye. It's opaque, so I'm guessing it's Mayhem's Pastel Red solution. You add it to your fluid, I think that premix comes with biocide already in it (to kill things like algae). I use DI water with a silver kill coil (silver inhibits cellular respiration of microorganisms, and denatures bacterial DNA and RNA, and degenerative changes in cytosolic protein), and then use colored tubing.

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Just finished my first build and still learning. Those GPUs look incredibly thin. Is the outer casing/ fans removed since they're liquid cooled? That's really awesome if so.

Yep, the outer casing and the fan are removed, and a very thin liquid cooling mount is attached to the chip instead. It's just like liquid cooling your CPU - you remove the fan and the heatsink and just attach a very thin plate for liquid cooling.

I'm hardly an expert, but it looks to me like all the cards inputs are connected to the incoming water pipe, and all the outputs are connected to the output water pipe. ie the cooling is working in parallel, rather than serial. They all get the same temperature of water.

The main concern in that setup would be to ensure that you've got adequate flow/pressure to ensure all cards are getting adequate flow rather than having the majority of the water blasting through one of them and the rest heating up due to inadequate flow. From OP's numbers it doesn't sound like that's a problem.

For someone who ran a custom loop with 4 Titans and color matching, I just can't imagine how you could possibly be happy with the PCIe power wiring. It just looks sloppy next to the beauty of everything else.